Optimization & Theory
43,292 papers (3 classified directly here)
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Optimization (17,731)
Learning Theory (6,809)
Bayesian Inference (6,267)
Theory (5,579)
Statistical Learning (4,564)
Neural Network Optimization (4,155)
Stochastic Processes (2,948)
Stochastic Methods (1,283)
Loss Functions (1,220)
Distributed Learning (1,202)
Online Algorithms (1,013)
Statistics (822)
Generalization (376)
Information Theory (370)
Sample Complexity (282)
Sparse Optimization (241)
Game Theory (151)
Convex Optimization (132)
Optimal Transport (104)
Robust Optimization (84)
Distributed Optimization (73)
Approximation Algorithms (33)
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Papers (including subtopics)
Conformal Prediction for Multi-Source Detection on a Network
AAAI 2026
Conformal Prediction Meets Long-tail Classification
AAAI 2026
Conformal Risk Minimization with Variance Reduction
UAI 2026
CONGRAD: Conflicting Gradient Filtering for Multilingual Preference Alignment
EACL 2026
Connectivity-Guided Sparsification of 2-FWL GNNs: Preserving Full Expressivity with Improved Efficiency
AAAI 2026
Constrained Molecule Generation Modelled Using the Grammar Constraint
AAAI 2026
Constrained Online Convex Optimization with Memory and Predictions
AAAI 2026
Constrained Particle Seeking: Solving Diffusion Inverse Problems with Just Forward Passes
AAAI 2026
Constraints-Guided Diffusion Reasoner for Neuro-Symbolic Learning
AAAI 2026
Content Diversity-guided Ambiguity Mitigation for Open-Set Noisy Label Learning
AAAI 2026
Continuum Dropout for Neural Differential Equations
AAAI 2026
Contribution-aware Token Compression for Efficient Video Understanding via Reinforcement Learning
AAAI 2026
Controllable Contamination Detection for Reliable LLM Evaluation with Statistical Guarantees
ACL 2026
Convergence and complexity of block majorization-minimization for constrained block-Riemannian optimization
JMLR 2026
Convergence of Continual Learning in Homogeneous Deep Networks
COLT 2026
Convergence of Decentralized Stochastic Subgradient-based Methods for Nonsmooth Nonconvex Optimization
JMLR 2026
Convergence of Fast Policy Iteration in Markov Games and Robust MDPs
AAAI 2026
Convergence of Noise-Free Sampling Algorithms with Regularized Wasserstein Proximals
JMLR 2026
Convergence of Vector Quantization–Based Classifiers to the Bayes Optimal Classifier with Applications to Hybrid System Identification
L4DC 2026
CONVERGENCE RATES FOR DISTRIBUTION MATCHING WITH SLICED OPTIMAL TRANSPORT
COLT 2026
Convex Clustering Redefined: Robust Learning with the Median of Means Estimator
AAAI 2026
Convex optimization with p-norm oracles
ALT 2026
CoRiM: Conflict-driven Risk Minimization for Dynamic Multimodal Fusion
CVPR 2026
Correcting Quantization-Induced Gradient Mismatch in Neural Image Compression
AAAI 2026
Corruptions of Supervised Learning Problems: Typology and Mitigations
JMLR 2026